1 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:28,880 Welcome back to Bison Chat. Not on Tuesday night. 2 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,160 We moved it to Thursday. We got to spread the content out 3 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,160 a little bit. We got a lot going on this week 4 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,920 and next week. As Indiana gets ready for their 5 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,440 first ever College Football Playoff appearance, I'm Galen 6 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,840 Clavio. That's Joe Cronin. 7 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,240 We got Emily Fox behind the scenes pressing the buttons and 8 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,000 making the magic happen and we got all you folks out in the 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,560 audience. Whether you're watching us live 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,320 on YouTube on the back Home Network channel or whether you 11 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,480 are watching or listening to us afterwards, we bid you a hello 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,120 and a thank you. And we're looking forward to 13 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,640 chatting with you about IU football and some other things 14 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,480 throughout the course of however long we go here, whether it's 30 15 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,160 minutes or 45 or what have you. Justin Beard, good evening. 16 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,720 Great, good to see you Joe, good to see you as well. 17 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,600 How is they don't call it dead week anymore? 18 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,920 It's it's what is it care week or free week or something like 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,240 that. But how is how is your week 20 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,200 before finals going? That's the question. 21 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,320 Well the good thing is I don't have any finals next week. 22 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,720 I had my exam in sociology yesterday. 23 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,920 I got a couple projects that are due on Monday, but they're 24 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,720 projects like I've been working on them. 25 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,000 They're already pretty much done. 26 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,560 It's just kind of like click the submit button right last 27 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,280 possible second to act like I've been working on it up until the 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,240 last possible second. It's been it's been going well. 29 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,200 I mean, got some Buffaloes trivia that I'll be heading to 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,640 after the show. Catch a squad or team name is 31 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,080 the pan handlers and not because of panhandling for gold because 32 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,120 the Panhandle of Oklahoma. It's a long winded store. 33 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,080 I won't get into it right now, but we really like the Panhandle 34 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,680 of Oklahoma for some reason. I don't know. 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,160 How's your week? Have you been to the Panhandle 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,520 of Oklahoma? No, it we're playing, you know, 37 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,520 Sporkle quizzes. Yes, I do. 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,640 Yeah, we're doing it was the US map and you got to like click on 39 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,039 the state, but it it's no borders and our goal was and 40 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:13,280 every time we get Oklahoma, we try to click on just the 41 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,680 Panhandle, not the main part. And it stuck and we really, I 42 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:18,800 don't know it's. It's. 43 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,760 Yeah. I've learned about all kinds of 44 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,680 fascinating nicknames for teams and people this week that I 45 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,000 didn't know of, not which I won't reveal here. 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,320 I don't want to embarrass anybody, but no, it's good to 47 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,200 see you and looking forward to chatting. 48 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,360 Here is we got a lot to talk about. 49 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,960 Even though it's an off week technically, a lot of sound from 50 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,160 IU in the press conferences, a lot of prep. 51 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,000 We're going to talk about the Notre Dame match up. 52 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,240 We're also going to talk about a really exciting thing that 53 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:48,600 happened on X yesterday that has gotten not everybody, not just 54 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,600 everybody abuzz, but I've gotten a lot of messages personally 55 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,760 about it. So we're going to talk about 56 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,640 that a little bit later. But first, before all of that, I 57 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,760 got a couple of special announcements for those of you 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,080 who are going to be in Bloomington this upcoming week, 59 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,840 Bison Chat and and the larger Crimson Cast Collective. 60 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,680 I would say we're going to be live at the Upstairs pub Tuesday 61 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,080 night of this upcoming week from 8:00 to 9:00 PM, right in the 62 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,720 middle of $2.00 Tuesday. So it should be a a pretty 63 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,800 fascinating set up. But we're going to be there 64 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:21,840 previewing the IU Notre Dame game. 65 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,120 We're going to be talking about the different matchups and 66 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,240 things that IU is going to be facing in that contest. 67 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,920 What do they need to do to win? What do they need to do in terms 68 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:31,960 of trying to stop Notre Dame? So if you're in the vicinity, if 69 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,800 you haven't been to the upstairs pub yet, you need to get over 70 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,480 there. If you've been, you know why 71 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,600 you're going. It's not just to see us, it's to 72 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,040 see the amazing new establishment that they've built 73 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,400 over on the Jungle Room side, as I always call it. 74 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,080 It was. Other people call it something 75 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,640 different, but it's worth going to. 76 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,040 It'll be a great night. We would love to see you there 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,560 and we are certainly appreciative of our partners at 78 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,480 the Upstairs Pub, DJ Unique and the whole crew over there. 79 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,880 Really great to work with. We were over there, Joe, if 80 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,920 you'll recall the Friday before game day, and that was a lot of 81 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,680 fun. We had a lot of people out that 82 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,040 were there specifically to watch the show. 83 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,480 We would love to get even more people out and I promise we'll 84 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,080 be inside this time as it's going to be pretty chilly I 85 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,720 think on Tuesday night of next week. 86 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,040 But the Upstairs Pub, 8:00 to 9:00 on Tuesday of next week. 87 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,600 Please join us. Are you excited, Joe? 88 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,000 Oh, absolutely, it was a lot of fun as before that Washington 89 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,080 game, the the vibes were high then. 90 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,800 I mean, I imagine this one it is there's an excitement and I I 91 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,720 think with that first time when we did it, it was that was when 92 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,760 all the pieces were coming together is like Indiana 93 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,440 football is legit. This thing is for real this this 94 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,280 season that they're having is it's tremendous. 95 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:40,960 And now it's, you know, full circle moment previewing a 96 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,120 College Football Playoff game. It's like, wow, it's it's here 97 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,680 and that's exciting. And a big thanks again to 98 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,480 upstairs. I mean, that's a great, great 99 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,080 spot to have it. Great environment and Plano 100 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,520 $2.00 Tuesday. What better day? 101 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,640 Yeah, it's it's it's it's going to be a great time. 102 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,920 So hopefully you all can join us while we're there. 103 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,360 Also, there'll be additional Crimson cast on the ground 104 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,320 access, I guess, or, or events. Access sounds weird, certainly, 105 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:11,160 but Thursday night up in South Bend, there'll be an IU Alumni 106 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,640 Association event at Corby's Irish Pub that's going to run, I 107 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,360 think 5:30 to 8:00 or 5:30 to 8:30. 108 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,280 I'll be getting there at 7 along with some special guests that 109 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:23,800 some of you I think would enjoy meeting in person. 110 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,520 But join us there for that in concert with the IU Alumni 111 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,200 Association. That's the smaller of the events 112 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:31,520 that's going to be going on this week. 113 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,360 And we're looking forward to to partnering with IUAA again on 114 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,000 that. And then just finalized this 115 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,000 today, but Saturday at noon, come to Social Cantina in 116 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,640 Mishawaka, which is of course right next door to South Bend as 117 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,520 we'll be doing a meet and greet and an IU fan rally there. 118 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,280 That'll go. I think we'll be there probably 119 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,120 12 to two. That event's going to go 12:00 120 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,680 to 4:00. And it's a nice lead in to 121 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,040 College Game Day, which starts at 3:30 that day. 122 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,080 And we'll also be a nice lead in to the IU Alumni Association 123 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:02,080 event. I think it's happening at some 124 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,480 point later on that day. So again, so. 125 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,440 Busy week. Oh, man, I I got, I got a full 126 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,600 slate. I mean, we're, you know, we're 127 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,160 in the College Football Playoff every year. 128 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,760 So maybe I can back off a little bit. 129 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,280 But you know, I felt like, yeah, I'm kidding. 130 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:17,360 We we needed to take advantage of the opportunity. 131 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,880 So hopefully we see you at one of those events, if not all of 132 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,040 them folks. So just check the the the 133 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,440 Crimson cast X page or Twitter page if you're a normal person, 134 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,760 and we'll try to get you more information as it comes about. 135 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,160 Social Cantina should have a big announcement coming up on Sunday 136 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,640 with more details, but I wanted to give our Crimson Cast 137 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,160 listeners and viewers a heads up that we would be there. 138 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,200 So anyway, let's go ahead and dive into the main part of the 139 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,640 program. This was an interesting week 140 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,240 from a media availability perspective. 141 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,560 A lot more media availability this week than normal Joe, as 142 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,520 we've heard from a bunch of different players. 143 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,120 We've heard from Kurt Signetti before we get to the game some 144 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 some news that I think is sad in one way, but is is happy in 145 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,840 another way. Indiana, it was announced over 146 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:05,600 the weekend is going to be losing the quarterbacks coach on 147 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,760 this team, Tino Sinceri, who's also the Co offensive 148 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,240 coordinator, going to become the offensive coordinator at UCLA. 149 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,840 He replaces Eric B Enemy, who certainly struggled a bit this 150 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,600 year over there, but a great opportunity for Tino Sinceri 151 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,120 stepping into a, a full full, a full fat, a 100% offensive 152 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,320 coordinator role. And I think it's important, Joe, 153 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,120 to understand like a sincerely, really highly regarded as a 154 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,400 recruiter, as a guy who is a quarterback whisperer to some 155 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,800 degree. But you know, also I sometimes 156 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,880 see from people like, oh, this is a disaster for IU, whatever. 157 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,000 IU was able to lock up their other 9 assistants to extensions 158 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,480 on their contracts. And as we know, and then we 159 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,560 heard from Kurt Zignetti. We'll listen to this clip first, 160 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:51,800 Joe, and then I'll get your thoughts. 161 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,480 Like this is what you're supposed to do. 162 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,200 You, you hire great assistants, they become really successful. 163 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,440 They go somewhere else. Here's what Kurt Zignetti had to 164 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,120 say about all that. But you know, the philosophy has 165 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,000 always been when you lose a coach, hire a better one. 166 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,840 And we had a lot of players a year quarterback before we hired 167 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,760 Tino. So while he's done a great job, 168 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:19,000 you know we won't miss a step. Certainly you can't knock the 169 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,040 the Kurt Signetti Quarterback Car Wash experience as they 170 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,320 really have had say, you know, a parade of overachieving 171 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,000 quarterbacks given what they've done previously. 172 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,040 But you got to look back at what Tina Sinceri did this year, 173 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,960 specifically with Curtis Rourke, who was a good quarterback. 174 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,280 But to achieve what Rourke achieved this year, you know, 175 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,240 sincerely, you can see why he was a hot commodity on the 176 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,880 coaching market. Absolutely. 177 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,200 I mean, work went from one of the better players in Mac play 178 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,360 to one of the best quarterbacks in the country, probably top 179 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,120 seven in some regards, whatever your ranking might be. 180 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,840 I would say he's consistently within a top 7 and that's a high 181 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,280 echelon of quarterbacks, especially one of the few that's 182 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:57,880 in the College Football Playoffs. 183 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,080 With Tino leaving, yes, while it's sad, while it's an 184 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,200 important part of the staff, it's much better that he's 185 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,440 getting a job as compared to a Bryant Haynes or a Mike 186 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,760 Shanahan. Those are two very important 187 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:11,680 guys. And the fact that they were 188 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,760 locked in, I mean all the way down to the strength coach, 189 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,040 Derek Owings walked in through up to the to the two main 190 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,680 coordinators. That's huge. 191 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:22,240 So it was bound to happen. There was going to be some type 192 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,280 of coaching turnover within the in the assistance of this 193 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:30,240 program because of the success they were having and and Signeti 194 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,200 even before that said he has a great relationship with coach 195 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,680 Tino and his family and stuff like that, and it's really a 196 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:37,040 good opportunity. That's what you do when you're a 197 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,800 young coach like that is you work your way up and now he has 198 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,560 a great gig as the full time offensive quarter out in UCLAI 199 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,960 do want to add, though, the fall off of Eric Bienemy from 200 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,320 offensive coordinator of a Super Bowl champion team to can't even 201 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,720 scratch out a gig and at the college level. 202 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,840 It's that was kind of surprising to say that like just the way 203 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,160 his tenure went from when he went over to the commanders and 204 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,080 then took the UCLA giant. It's been it's been tough 205 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,400 sledding for him to say the least. 206 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,040 But with coach Tina leaving, yes, it will be missed. 207 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,320 It it I'm interested to see like what's the next what's the next 208 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,480 step? Who's the next guy and does it? 209 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:13,720 What's the effect? Because now the quarterback 210 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,080 search, obviously the playoffs are about to happen, but you 211 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,680 know, the portal is also open at the same time, which that's a 212 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:23,360 whole nother debacle, is whether or not the portal should be open 213 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,880 while the playoffs are still happening. 214 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,280 Because that's something that Coach Signetti has talked about 215 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,680 a bunch, is he still has to double down on this recruiting 216 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:34,280 process, the portal process, all while preparing for Indiana's 217 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,400 biggest game in the history of Indiana football. 218 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,080 Yeah, I mean, first of all, the enemy thing, it turns out 219 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,600 Patrick Mahomes is really good. That's that's that's probably 220 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,200 the the biggest piece of commentary I could give you 221 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,320 there. Also, Andy Reid, it turns out 222 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,360 really good at football. But no, look, I mean, when you 223 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,960 look at at Senseri and, you know, just a kind of a rising 224 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,760 star in the profession right now. 225 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,680 And and just this is where Kurt Signeti and the staff, you're 226 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,240 really fascinated to see what they do and, and how they decide 227 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,960 to go. But the frankly, the track 228 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,680 records there and and I think as, as Signetti noted, like you 229 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,280 go hire a better assistant after you lose a good one. 230 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,360 And that doesn't have to be a negative on Sinceri because he 231 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,280 clearly did a great job. But this is what good programs 232 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,640 do. And you look across the the 233 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,680 entire spectrum of college football, this happens all the 234 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:25,040 time. Indiana's not really used to it. 235 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,160 Normally if a coordinator's leaving, it's because they were 236 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,840 fired, you know, But like, you think about Kaylyn de Boer. 237 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,920 Like Kaylyn de Boer was great for one year and then went and 238 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,520 coached Fresno State and now he's coaching Alabama for at 239 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,040 least another few minutes. And you know, it's one of those 240 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,000 things where it's growth, it's a positive. 241 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:46,160 And and certainly there is a a reality where you need to go out 242 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,840 and hire someone. And I'm really fascinated where 243 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,680 they go with this. Like where who do they decide to 244 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:51,960 hire? Do they go, you know, they've 245 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,320 got they're got the pick of the litter? 246 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,520 Because it's going to be a really attractive program with 247 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,040 the NIL commitment and everything else to come and 248 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,600 coach in, because you're going to have a chance to work with a 249 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,360 really good quarterback every year while you're at IU. 250 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,600 Absolutely, and considering the staff, their track record, like 251 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,240 you mentioned, they they have had success through the ranks. 252 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,120 And I mean, it's been the talk when you know, I'd I'd say once 253 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,040 this team got to six and O that's kind of what we've talked 254 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,520 about every week is how they just implemented what they've 255 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:25,320 done, especially Signetti, what he has done at the FCSD 2 levels 256 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,840 even then, and just brought it into the biggest possible stage 257 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,440 of college football in the Big 10. 258 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,480 So it's been really impressive. And like it's going to be a hot 259 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,400 market for for young guys who want to get into the coaching 260 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,040 gig, especially that's an important role being the 261 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,680 quarterback's coach and helping command the offense like that. 262 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,600 So you know that that would be definitely interesting to watch. 263 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,040 A tough loss again, but you know he's with the team through this 264 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,320 playoff. That's huge, I mean. 265 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,400 It's it's not like he's just bailing and getting ready to 266 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,480 hang out with UCLA like he's committed. 267 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,480 He's committed, You know what he's committed to, Joe. 268 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:56,800 He's committed to the main thing. 269 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,520 Let's hear Kurt Sigmeti talking a little bit about how important 270 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,120 the main thing actually is this week and next. 271 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,040 Well, I'm I'm not really concerned about rat poison right 272 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,480 now. Keeping the main thing. 273 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,680 The main thing is the main thing. 274 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,040 No one is satisfied. No one's satisfied. 275 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,720 The players are hungry for more. The coaches are hungry for more. 276 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,120 I don't think anything is I? Well, he, he, he is a joy. 277 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,120 As a quote machine. I don't think anything though. 278 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,960 Joe gives me more joy than watching Emily Fox mouthing the 279 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,080 words that Cinetti is saying and throwing little hand gestures in 280 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,840 in the background on the on our monitor. 281 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,000 That was tremendous content. I wish the the viewers could 282 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,080 have seen that that's. Because Elsie's watched it more 283 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,280 than once and and had some time to rehearse that, probably in 284 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,560 the mirror. But you know, this is what this 285 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,360 is what you love. And it's one of those it's such 286 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,960 a stark contrast. I think from like the way that 287 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,680 Tom Allen would talk about his teams going into games and the 288 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:59,160 way that signetti and, and kind of that aura that he's, that he 289 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,840 brings off in the quotes, as you mentioned, it's, it really feels 290 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,160 very professional. This constant emphasis. 291 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,520 We're not satisfied, the team's not satisfied. 292 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,520 After a while, that becomes a mantra and and that's something 293 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,160 that you just start to intrinsically believe. 294 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:16,000 There's a lot of very core leadership approach aspects to 295 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,160 the way Signeti goes about this. And you know, even the rat 296 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,640 poison thing, which is a Nick Saban phrase, the, the stuff 297 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,720 that seeps in to teams that are successful and detracts them 298 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,080 from the things that got them successful in the 1st place. 299 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,720 But with this, you know, right from the beginning, even the 300 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,280 idea, and I love this, we and we played this clip last week that 301 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,080 the team didn't meet to watch the College Football Playoff 302 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,400 draw. They were home in their 303 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,320 apartments like they expected to be there. 304 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,960 That was the line that Signetti had. 305 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:49,000 And that that to me, I don't know if it'll ultimately matter, 306 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:53,360 but I do think that it is great to see a coach that is 307 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,800 instilling that level of like, not just it's confidence, but 308 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,480 it's also there's a focus that's required if you're going to go 309 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,800 along that way. It doesn't necessarily mean it's 310 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,720 going to translate into victory, but it does mean that this team 311 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,920 really seems to be locked in in a lot of ways to feeling like 312 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,920 they're not done. Like this isn't the this isn't 313 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,080 the pinnacle. Like there's more to the 314 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,000 mountain, even beyond this upcoming game. 315 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,480 That was interesting and honestly I disagree a little bit 316 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,760 because I I kind of wish they did embrace it as a team because 317 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,960 I feel like while yes, having this never satisfied mentality 318 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,040 is really the only way to succeed, especially in this 319 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,720 world of college football where the top dogs are the top dogs 320 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:39,200 and tend to stay that way. The the thing about being able 321 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,280 to celebrate the moments that you're in and being able to move 322 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,680 forward. And I think obviously it's such 323 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,320 a small thing. It was a 30 minute show, but 324 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,040 it's just kind of that teammanship being together. 325 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,120 And you know, in my opinion, I would have liked to see them all 326 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,960 together. I think it just, you know, shows 327 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,360 the camaraderie of a team, shows what they've been through 328 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,600 especially I mean, how many of these guys that were at the 329 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,360 Sunbelt Conference last year or other conferences, Mac 330 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,400 conference, like they're all over the place. 331 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,720 So that's my $0.02 on it. I still think that the focus is 332 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,480 there. Clearly. 333 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,920 It was just interesting to see like, I mean, you see, like, you 334 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,600 know, Texas had their whole gathering, Clemson, all these 335 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,520 teams together, Alabama, what they're really pissed off 336 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,560 gathering. I don't know if they had one, 337 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,520 but it it. It was really interesting 'cause 338 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,760 it, it just, there's a, just a fundamental mindset for that's 339 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,880 that I think is a, it's, it's curious to watch because it is 340 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,600 so different from what we've seen as we move forward. 341 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,960 And and again, it's not to say that the the gatherings that 342 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,240 other schools had or wrong or or bad in some way, but it is 343 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,840 interesting to see Indiana doing that. 344 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,280 Yeah, go. Ahead, you brought up with Tom 345 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,480 Allen. I don't want to I don't want to 346 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,040 RIP into him. But it was last year after the 347 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,520 Penn State loss. I'll I'll start with that Penn 348 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,880 State loss is press conference on Monday. 349 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,400 The the Monday availability. He was happy and like ecstatic, 350 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,640 almost like the most happy had been all season because he felt 351 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,640 like they were close to this. Yeah, I think they were, but it 352 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,040 wasn't a great record at the time. 353 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,480 There were like three and two and six, something like that. 354 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:13,160 I'm not sure because it was right before the Wisconsin game. 355 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,000 He was very excited, like something was trending in the 356 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,359 right direction after a loss. And then I just the comparison 357 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,680 of of that, I don't remember exactly what he said, but the 358 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,880 comparison of that to what Signetti has been preaching all 359 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,440 year long. It's kind of wild to see. 360 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,520 It's a complete 180 and you can tell. 361 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,000 I mean, the program is on a complete 180. 362 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,880 It is. And it's, it's still hard to get 363 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,560 your head wrapped around all that, but it's, it's an 364 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,960 interesting point. And, and a lot of the sometimes 365 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,360 the press conferences or the comments from coaches, you can 366 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,160 kind of shrug off, they don't matter that much. 367 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,000 But a lot of it's tone and I think especially this year for 368 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,240 IU under Signetti, establishing tone and establishing 369 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:53,640 emotionality in a controlled way is important. 370 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,440 And it is certainly very different from what we've seen 371 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,440 before. Keeping those emotions in check, 372 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,360 but taking time to reflect on them. 373 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:03,920 Like it's been a little bit different for everybody. 374 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,280 So let's hear from, you know, from some of the IU folks, 375 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,080 including Signetti, about what exactly that process has been 376 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,360 like so far this week. I've never thought like I'll be 377 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,680 in this position, but I'm, I knew I always worked hard my 378 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,240 entire life. And you know, that was always a 379 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,920 goal, you know, get in in a position like this. 380 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,280 And I'm following him and I want to make the best of it. 381 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:22,440 I. Really. 382 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,400 Still haven't had a chance to reflect and let it all sink in. 383 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,480 I did walk outside my office this afternoon for about 30 384 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,600 seconds and looked around the stadium between interviews and 385 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,960 it kind of hit me. And I was like, wow, we've 386 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,960 accomplished a lot in 12 months, CJ. 387 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,600 West and and Kurt Zignetti talking about it here. 388 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,360 It's really that's, it's one of those things. 389 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:49,640 And it's like you, you get caught up in the preparation, in 390 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,600 the not being satisfied. And I think those things are 391 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,560 important. And it's like, how do you 392 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,000 reconcile something so spectacular and unexpected? 393 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,600 And particularly for a player like CJ W, who like legitimately 394 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,240 has been trying his whole career to to do something like this 395 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:06,520 that. I his his career is interesting. 396 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,680 Four years at Kent State, he was one in 11 last year. 397 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,760 And I and he was just like, yeah, I mean, this kind of the 398 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,120 vision, this is what was thought. 399 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:18,840 And like Miles Price too, we got to talk to him. 400 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,920 That was a five and seven Texas Tech team he was on. 401 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,680 And he he told us he was he was saying when he first committed 402 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,640 in January to IU that he's telling his families like this 403 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,320 has the makings of something special. 404 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,880 And when he he kind of walked us through the moment that he saw 405 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,720 IU officially in the playoffs and he's like, it is full 406 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,120 circle. He calls his family and he's 407 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:43,080 like, I told you in a in a sense, like this is happening. 408 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,200 And it was just wild that this confidence has been trickled 409 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,400 from the top down to guys that, you know, weren't even at 410 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,600 winning programs before coming coming to IU along with the the 411 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,480 Signetti change. It's it's been. 412 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,920 One of the most remarkable things about all of this, and 413 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,480 it's really it's where you know, I know a lot of people have been 414 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,880 watching the portal, they've been watching the players 415 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,760 Indiana has been theoretically involved in. 416 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,120 People have been getting nervous 'cause they're seeing guys sign 417 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,600 elsewhere and. And look, there's clearly a need 418 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,120 to upgrade like the physical talent levels at certain 419 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:17,200 positions for IU, but. I keep going back to this notion 420 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,120 that Indiana, they're, they've done all of this with players 421 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:25,000 like CJ W who were at Cast State or with Miles Price or with 422 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,920 people who were at Wake Forest or, or or North Carolina. 423 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,920 Like it's, it's not to say that you're going to be able to catch 424 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,920 the same lightning in in the same bottle moving forward, but 425 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,720 it is really cool watching that group of players having 426 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,800 accomplished everything they've accomplished so far and 427 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,480 realizing there's still additional steps. 428 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,760 And that's the kind of thing you can show potential portal 429 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,400 players or recruits and say, well, look at what you can 430 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,520 accomplish if you come together collectively. 431 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,680 This is very it's getting a little sappy, Joe, but that's 432 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,040 kind of that's really the the take home point with a lot of 433 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,360 this. And I think it's it's cool that 434 00:20:56,360 --> 00:21:00,000 even Signetti was willing to tip his cap a little bit and say, 435 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 well, I haven't had a whole lot of time to reflect on it, but it 436 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:07,120 is amazing watching everything that's transpired with the 437 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,040 crowds, with the support. We've heard Signetti talk about 438 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,120 this when he's been asked about like signing up, you know, and, 439 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:17,720 and extending his deal, how touched he's been at how IU as a 440 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,440 school and as a fan base has come together around this 441 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:21,720 football team. It's so. 442 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,360 Interesting because of the way that they recruited these guys 443 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,680 to the portal. I I think with this portal 444 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:33,200 rotation, any you know, mid level player at, you know, these 445 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,480 group of five schools that if they are interested in the 446 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:43,080 portal, that has to be this bright light going off like the 447 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,520 miles Price had a little over like 500 yards last season at 448 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,400 Texas Tech. I think his career high was like 449 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,880 a little over 700. I mean, he's more of a utility 450 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,120 guy. He's going to do some jet suite 451 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:55,400 stuff like that. And while no, he's not putting 452 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,120 up career numbers, he is a big time threat in the receiving 453 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:00,800 game and the running game and the return game. 454 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,600 A a very important piece to the offense and the special teams. 455 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,760 His honorable mention for all big 10 special teams this season 456 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,080 and also put together some great performances through the air on 457 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,040 the ground was able to generate some great runs. 458 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,480 So it it's just moments like that you just see players like 459 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,720 Miles Price, CJ West, all of the JMU guys really. 460 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,880 And it has to be this sign alert. 461 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,800 I don't know what the correct word is to if there's if there's 462 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,880 a hot destination for a player who's in the Mac, the Mountain 463 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,080 West Conference, something like that to join a new team to to 464 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,600 take a step up. Indiana has to be one of the 465 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,240 hotter markets because of the product that they're putting out 466 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,440 with the players that they have and. 467 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,640 It's going to be more important to make the right choices as a 468 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,560 team with those types of players. 469 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,960 I mean, as I'm sure everybody's seen, North Carolina just hired 470 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,440 Bill Belichick, that is. Crazy that. 471 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,320 That that's that deserves its own, they went. 472 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,680 They went from a 74 year old coach to a 73 year old. 473 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:00,880 What are they doing? Yeah. 474 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:01,840 There's a lot of. I got a lot. 475 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,200 I get he's a brilliant football mind, but what it's? 476 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,920 You know, there's a lot of questions, it's fine. 477 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,800 But they, the, my point is they're also throwing a ton of 478 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,000 NIL money into the mix. And you're seeing more and more 479 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,840 schools making that decision and, and realizing they have to. 480 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,520 And so this is where it's like it's the, you have to have the 481 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,560 resources, but it's also how smart are you with the 482 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:28,640 allocation of those resources? And that has been, I think the 483 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,360 most impressive thing about what Indiana did. 484 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,320 And there was a report, I don't know if anybody saw this, but 485 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,640 there there was a company that did a, a report or an analysis 486 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,280 of the NIL money that the various collectives had raised 487 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,800 across college sports. And I think this was Adam 488 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,280 Brenneman that tweeted this. And you know, you, you look at 489 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,240 the public universities, which is really the only place you can 490 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,200 get the info and it looks like, you know, it's the normal group 491 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,440 of teams at the top. Texas with 22 million, Ohio 492 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,960 State with 20, LSU with 20, Georgia with 18, Texas A&M, 493 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,080 Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Clemson, Oklahoma, Penn State, 494 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,760 Indiana, Joe Indiana next. And then Michigan State, you 495 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,280 know, like Indiana head of Wisconsin, Indiana ahead of of 496 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,120 several other schools in that mixed Florida State. 497 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:21,000 They're head of Florida State. That to me is, you know, it's 498 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,480 like you're you're in, you're playing with the big boys at 499 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,080 this point. Yeah, I think it's a really 500 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,840 fascinating thing, but it really is. 501 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,360 How smart are you with the process of the money that you've 502 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:32,120 got, how you apply it, who you choose to bring on your team and 503 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:33,920 those sort sort of things, I mean? 504 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,000 I think we'll have a lot of discourse with with next season 505 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,040 once this one eventually wraps up. 506 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,560 But it's it's hard not to think about like the the what if 507 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:49,640 scenario because of all of the JMU guys and the Curtis Rourke's 508 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,160 that will have to graduate, move on. 509 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,160 And especially with the offensive line, some of those 510 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,000 key pieces that are graduating and possibly getting drafted, 511 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,800 stuff like that. So with the portal and stuff and 512 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,640 allocating the the proper amount of money, I will say I think IU 513 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,560 is more susceptible to not hand some five star transfer 514 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:11,520 $5,000,000. They would rather go get 4 guys 515 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,400 for that amount of money. And that's seems like the path 516 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,960 that I think Signetti would rather you because I think he 517 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,640 sees the value in it better. And I mean, this coaching staff 518 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:24,360 is great. I, I tip of the cap to up and 519 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:27,760 down the the staff, they are doing a tremendous job. 520 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,000 It's one of the best coaching Staffs in the country and 521 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,440 they're proving it. If the proof isn't in the 522 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,520 pudding, I don't know what is in the pudding. 523 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:35,920 Bananas. I don't know. 524 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,000 I I never want to think about what goes into pudding, quite 525 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,680 frankly. But you know what, what I do 526 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,760 want to think about is the game, the upcoming game. 527 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,360 So let's pivot talk about that a little bit. 528 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,160 Indiana, Notre Dame. And you know, this is, this is a 529 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,680 really fascinating game in a lot of ways. 530 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,960 And it's a game that has intrigued pundits, not 531 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,000 everybody, you know, a lot of people are just, they're, 532 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,760 they're going with the, the betting lines. 533 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:00,920 They're like Notre Dame's gonna win. 534 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:06,200 But I've seen several people look at this game and say, I 535 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,280 think Indiana's going to win or I think Indiana's going to be 536 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,400 really competitive. You know, we've got some B roll 537 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,920 here. We can roll as we talk about 538 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,840 this. It's it's pretty fascinating 539 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,120 from the perspective of, you know, what to think about in 540 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,720 terms of Indiana versus Notre Dame and how many people have 541 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,040 approached this from the perspective of, well, Notre Dame 542 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,560 is clearly just going to win the game because they're the 543 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,600 superior team because they've blown a bunch of teams out and 544 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,680 they're higher ranked. I don't think it's quite that 545 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,120 simple, Joe, having looked at the numbers and looked at the 546 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,440 relative strengths of these two teams, I, I. 547 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,160 Think like looking at stats is one thing, because you can kind 548 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,480 of stack up these two teams fairly similar. 549 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,640 Obviously there's some glaring differences, right? 550 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,080 I think Curtis Rourke has a better arm than Riley Leonard, 551 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,920 but Riley Leonard obviously is a better runner than Curtis Rourke 552 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,960 has. He had 700 yards on the ground 553 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,760 this year. That's a threat in and of 554 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,120 itself. But the running back tandem of 555 00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:00,680 Justice Ellis and Tyson Lawton might be slightly better. 556 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,120 But I think the running back one for Notre Dame, Jeremiah Love is 557 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:04,800 very good. But receiving core, I think IU 558 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,800 has the the one up right there. Defense. 559 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,000 Both stack up pretty close. I think IU had four more sacks 560 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,320 on the season than Notre Dame did. 561 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,280 Something like that. I think IU might have more of 562 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,960 the star power on the defense 'cause they have a Michael 563 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,840 Camaro, they have a DeAngelo Pons, but it's a Notre Dame 564 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,600 defense. Marcus Freeman is a great coach 565 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,160 too. He is what he's done been able 566 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,160 to do since Brian Kelly gave him the the bird. 567 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,320 He's he's done a very solid job outside of a couple bad losses. 568 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,800 That's that's what and that's what he's been remembered as so 569 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,280 far. Well in his in his biggest game 570 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,720 that he's ever had to coach, he put 10 men on the field on 571 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,720 defense on back-to-back place against Ohio State last season. 572 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,680 The he Marcus Freeman, this is big for Notre Dame. 573 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,680 It's big for Marcus Freeman because a game like this is the 574 00:27:54,680 --> 00:28:00,080 chance to show that they are in this, you know, top 8 and yes, 575 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,440 like this comment. I, I, I don't think Freeman is 576 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,200 overlooking this game at all. I don't think the players are 577 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,360 overlooking this game at all. I of the 12 teams, I don't think 578 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,560 any of these teams, they know what is at stake. 579 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,120 Penn State might be just because of all the outside noise saying 580 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:19,280 that they have an easy path, but I, I think this is gonna, it's 581 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,120 gonna be a good game. I will say it's gonna be low 582 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,080 scoring cause throwing the ball's gonna be tough. 583 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,800 It's gonna be what, 20° and snowy? 584 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,760 I don't. Well, we'll get back to the 585 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,720 weather forecast in a minute. I don't know if I agree with 586 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,520 your analysis there, Joe, but hey, you know, reasonable minds 587 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,720 also. Notre Dame is a run heavy team 588 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,720 that the 10th best rushing offense. 589 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,360 They are by the numbers, but. They are also score a ton of 590 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,600 points through that, but and Indiana has scored a ton of 591 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,000 points too and and that's where it's going to be interesting. 592 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,680 We'll get to the statistical breakdown in a minute. 593 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,680 I I screwed up. I just want to note to the 594 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,600 audience, I as the host did not do my job and listen to my 595 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,000 producer. We don't have B roll of Indiana 596 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,920 Notre Dame, but we do have sound with highlights. 597 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,040 So let's go ahead and go to that highlight now as we hear some 598 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,520 talk about Notre Dame in Indiana. 599 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,560 You. Know. 600 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,160 I saw enough of them against Purdue to know that they're an 601 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,880 excellent football team, and when you look at their scores, 602 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,960 they haven't played in very many close games. 603 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,480 They're a. Physical team, they do a lot of 604 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,480 stunts with their D lineman in front. 605 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,120 So we just got to, you know, prepare for that all one has to 606 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,080 prepare for that as well as us 2 during pass protection. 607 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,360 But yeah, they're they're physical team and you know, 608 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:29,920 they've always been a physical team. 609 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,720 We see a lot of pocket passers. We've seen those mobile guys as 610 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,280 well. So it's just got taken into 611 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:36,840 account. We got to be ready for, you 612 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,960 know, option plays, design, quarterback run, just stuff like 613 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,360 that. Just making sure we're not, you 614 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,480 know, falling asleep if he pulls the ball, I think. 615 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,440 It's a great game for the state in general, for Indiana and 616 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,920 Notre Dame to be playing in College Football Playoff. 617 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:59,000 I think the series began in 1898 and Notre Dame has pretty much 618 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,200 had the upper hand. I don't know the series records, 619 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:07,080 but regardless of who we play, you know, this is the play offs. 620 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,200 You win or go home, you know, and wearing it to win it. 621 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:15,720 I mean, that pretty much says it all. 622 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,080 It's it. Yeah, it is funny because it is. 623 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:23,080 It is both great for the state of Indiana and also I feel weird 624 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:27,840 saying that because Notre Dame is basically been like the 625 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,680 football franchise at the college level in the state of 626 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,960 Indiana and frankly even at the professional level for many 627 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,960 decades. Like it really for those of us 628 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,680 who grew up in Indiana and were born in the 20th century, which 629 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,200 is is not you, Joe. The, you know, the Colts didn't 630 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,680 really become relevant until three or four years into Peyton 631 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,240 Manning being a Colt. And that was really 2001, 2002. 632 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,760 They, they go on that run where, you know, it was the Patriots a 633 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,000 couple times they win the Super Bowl. 634 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,320 They should have won another Super Bowl. 635 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:01,480 Peyton Manning did so much to establish the Colts and 636 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,120 professional football in the state, but Notre Dame was always 637 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,480 not just the gold standard, but kind of the only football 638 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,560 program that people consistently looked at out of the state of 639 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,480 Indiana as as worth following on a regular basis. 640 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,040 Purdue, you know, might have an argument a season or two, but 641 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,200 generally speaking, they were always in that second tier and 642 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,840 Indiana was in the 3rd or 4th tier. 643 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:25,080 It is a fascinating match up to watch Indiana having this 644 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:29,320 incredible season matching up against Notre Dame, who is still 645 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,000 kind of an anachronism in college football. 646 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,120 They're not in a conference. They can't be a first round buy 647 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,120 because of that. They've had by Notre Dame 648 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:41,640 standards, a really good year and they have not been at the 649 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,440 top of what you know what they were in the in the 50s, sixties, 650 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,000 seventies, 80s, like that period. 651 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,160 But you know, they went to a a a national title game. 652 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,120 They lost to Alabama by by a huge margin was about a decade 653 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:54,840 ago, 2013. Yeah. 654 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,040 So, so final it. Was the last BCS Championship? 655 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,880 That's right. But it is cool watching these 656 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,920 two programs which have really not had much history. 657 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:08,080 I mean, one of the clips there was Indiana playing at Notre 658 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,120 Dame in 1991. I remember watching that game 659 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,840 with my dad, you know, on television. 660 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,200 We were all excited because Indiana never played Notre Dame. 661 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,800 And then we didn't play again until now. 662 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,800 Like, this will be the next game in that series. 663 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,720 They are going to be playing a series starting in 20-30. 664 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:27,280 That will be fun to see. But you know, for Indiana, it's 665 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,840 almost like, you know, they've they've been invited to a party 666 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,960 that Notre Dame's been to every year or you know, at least has 667 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,040 been invited to every year and Indiana's never been invited. 668 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,920 That to me is probably the coolest non football aspect of 669 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,080 all of this is just like it is, it is kind of new money versus 670 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,960 very old money in a game that has never really been played 671 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,960 before. And the spotlight is on it with 672 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,560 college game day there. That is a cool dynamic to see. 673 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:57,200 I'm really proud of the scheduling making this the the 674 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,640 first game. I think it is perfect having it 675 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,840 because it is the only in state battle in the playoffs. 676 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,640 There are only two states that have two schools with Texas and 677 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:13,840 Indiana, of course. So the the story is there from 678 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,880 having an in state battle, the state championship as as it's 679 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,200 called, which is kind of hilarious, but it it'll be a lot 680 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,760 of fun. I mean, this is 2 very good 681 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,320 teams and with Notre Dame just so much history through them. 682 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,440 Touchdown Jesus in the background. 683 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,920 No, I, I don't know who made it. Someone on X made the the 684 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,840 touchdown, Jesus, doing the IU logo, which or the IU, whatever 685 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,360 it is, the hand gestures, which is kind of funny. 686 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,480 I don't know it. This is going to be a fun one 687 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,240 again. I think it'll be low scoring. 688 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,880 That's that is my prediction. I think this weather is going to 689 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,840 be a big impact. It's so, so much pressure too. 690 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:56,120 Yeah. I think with. 691 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,160 Notre Dame, they do have a lot of pressure because of kind of 692 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,240 what I talked about earlier is Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame 693 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:07,560 have been trying to put themselves back into that kind 694 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,679 of they they've been good, but they they've made the play offs. 695 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,719 I think this is their third time now in the format might be 4th. 696 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,920 I'm not I'm I've done my math totally correct, but they've 697 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,800 gotten whooped. Yeah. 698 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,679 Well, and that's always been the interesting thing with Notre 699 00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:24,800 Dame is that they have tended to struggle when they've gotten to 700 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,960 these opportunities. Now, they're normally playing, 701 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,320 you know, SC teams or teams with like, a tremendous amount of 702 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,000 talent. Indiana won't be that type of a 703 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,960 challenge. But where Indiana does bring a 704 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,920 really interesting challenge to Notre Dame is how efficient 705 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,840 Indiana has been when they've been at their best. 706 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:43,120 And, and on offense, combined with the fact that Indiana has a 707 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,719 legitimately very good defense, like one of the top defenses in 708 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,960 the country against the run and against the pass. 709 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,080 And that's only gotten stronger as the season's gone along. 710 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:58,040 And Indiana will have, you know, essentially 3 weeks to get 711 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,480 themselves healthy, to get themselves scouted. 712 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,720 Taylor Layman over at Bite Sized Bison put together a series of 713 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,560 preview of a previews looking at possible matchups in the 714 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:08,760 playoffs. And I want to go ahead and show 715 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,560 that here. I'm going to increase the size a 716 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,040 little bit for those of you watching on YouTube or Spotify 717 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:15,600 so you can see the numbers a little bit better. 718 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,920 But, you know, we talked about this a little bit in the show 719 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,560 that we did immediately after the draw. 720 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:25,360 And there's a couple things that stick out to me, Joe, that lead 721 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:30,000 me to wonder, you know, exactly like what gives in this game. 722 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,600 You mentioned the weather. I'm going to talk about that in 723 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,600 a minute. But you know, the the the things 724 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,480 that stick out to me overall are as follows. 725 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,600 First of all, Indiana's offense efficiency wise is, is among the 726 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,560 best in the country. Yes, they struggled against Ohio 727 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,080 State, and that's going to be a big question mark is how does 728 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,600 Indiana stop the Notre Dame pass rush? 729 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,400 Can Indiana give Curtis work time to throw the ball? 730 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,040 Can they establish the running game? 731 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,200 Can they have Justice Ellison and Tyson Lawton do what they 732 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,080 need to do while they're out there to to, you know, move the 733 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,000 chains, soften up the defense a little bit? 734 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,080 And, you know, how does Notre Dame decide that they're going 735 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,840 to attack Indiana? Surely, And this is where it's 736 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,480 like game theory to some degree. Surely they looked at what Ohio 737 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,160 State did and they're like, oh, we'll do that. 738 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:13,160 But they're also like, well, Indiana knows we're going to try 739 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:14,480 to do that, so we do something else. 740 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,120 Maybe this is where that chess match starts to take place. 741 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,160 And that is going to be a fascinating aspect within this 742 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,920 because, you know, ultimately we we've seen Indiana's offense at 743 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,960 their worst, but we've also seen them at their best. 744 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,120 And we've seen them at their best more than more recently 745 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,560 than we saw them at their worst. And that is going to be 746 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,360 something that'll be curious to watch as we watch Notre Dame 747 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,480 decide what they're going to do against Indiana's offense. 748 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,320 I think the one thing with Indiana's offense is with the 749 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,800 sample size that we have seen on the season, when they've played, 750 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,640 I, we'll, we'll call them top 25 defenses because I think 751 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,440 Michigan does fall into that category. 752 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,480 They put up 20 points and 15 points. 753 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,760 There's the sample size of playing those premier defense. 754 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,480 Notre Dame is a premier defense. This is a very good. 755 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,520 They have great, great secondary and a very good defensive front 756 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,680 that you know, should be able to alter the run game of the 757 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,400 Hoosiers, which has been very strong this year. 758 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:09,840 Justice Elson has had a tremendous year. 759 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,840 Tyson, the log has been a great secondary punch to that. 760 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,520 Yeah, there, there's a lot that goes into it and, and something 761 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,840 that we were told is they have been practicing a ton with 762 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,600 dealing with crowd noise. Yes, pretty much every practice 763 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,960 they've had, they've just been pumping it in, making it loud 764 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:27,560 because that was a huge, huge problem. 765 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,520 That was probably one of the more glaring issues at Ohio 766 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:34,240 State was once the Ohio State figured out the snap count, 767 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:38,040 figured out the silent count and Reel watched everything, it was 768 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,680 pretty much just a free rush on to Curtis Rourke. 769 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:43,240 Yeah. And if they are able to. 770 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,360 Adjust and have something a little more efficient then I I 771 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,360 think they'll be able to be more successful in the past game, 772 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,320 which is that's gonna be big is who can throw the ball. 773 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,960 It's a big. Challenge for, for Mike Shanahan 774 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,640 and, and for Tino Sinceri. Like how do you structure this? 775 00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,440 And, and yes, you're gonna have to use the running game and you 776 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,160 should. If you look at the stats, you 777 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,880 can see that big purple number in, in Notre Dame's defense, and 778 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,320 that's success against the rush. There are 101st in the country 779 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,800 in success against the rush. That is where Indiana can have a 780 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,520 bit of an exploit if they can figure out how to move, you 781 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:20,000 know, 4 yards, 5 yards per rush. Like that's to me, like if they 782 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,360 can get to about a 4.34 point, 4 yards per rush carry. 783 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,760 I like Indiana's chances in this one because that will almost 784 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,160 certainly up open up the passing game. 785 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,920 But the other part of it is the, you know, one of the key 786 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,200 mistakes Indiana made in the Ohio State game and one of the 787 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,200 key mistakes, less of a mistake and more of a really good job by 788 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,880 Michigan, I think in the second-half of that game was 789 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:46,040 they didn't properly adapt to a short passing game, A game that 790 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,240 had, you know, where they were calling him hot reads out 791 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:51,200 immediately, where they were doing design screens, where they 792 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,920 were using the draw play. Like if you're gonna get that 793 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,920 level of pressure from an opposition defense, you have to 794 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:01,200 get them suckered in to chasing the ball where the ball isn't 795 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,800 anymore. And that's what those types of 796 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,240 plays do. And and that's how you get them 797 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:07,800 to back off of that pressure. And, and I agree, like the crowd 798 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,560 noise at Ohio State was was real bad. 799 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,280 And it really create a lot of problems. 800 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,200 They aren't going to have that level of crowd noise at Notre 801 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,800 Dame. It's not that loud of a stadium. 802 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,320 It's not that big of a stadium. Ohio Stadium states 110,030. 803 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,160 1070. 7000 that's 40,000 people less. 804 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,720 It's over. 80 I thought, no, it's. 77 was the last one I last 805 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,040 capacity listing I saw. Even if it's, yeah, that's 806 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,440 still. A big That's still a big 807 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,000 stadium, though. My point? 808 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:36,840 Is it's not nearly you take 35 to 47 people out of the mix that 809 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,200 makes a big difference. And the acoustics, like the the 810 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,160 Horseshoe is, is a much different acoustic environment 811 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,600 than Notre Dame's stadium, which reminds me a little bit more. 812 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,840 It's like a smaller version in terms of its geometry of what 813 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:54,920 you get at the big House, which that's a big bowl. 814 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,720 Yeah. So these are the kinds of things 815 00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,280 where it's like, I'm glad they're practicing against the 816 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,400 crowd noise. I'm sure they're gonna have a 817 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,680 plan. My point is, I don't know that 818 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,720 it's going to be as big of a deal in this game, which should 819 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:08,720 aid in what Indiana wants to do in the passing game. 820 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:11,640 Now, flipping it around and looking at the defense versus 821 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,680 Notre Dame's offense, what's really fascinating to be about 822 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,440 Notre Dame's offense is it's so predicated on the run. 823 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,200 And you know, they've, they've certainly played very 824 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,280 efficiently as an offense overall, but when you break it 825 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,680 down in terms of efficiency per play, in terms of success rate, 826 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:30,480 you know, they they really aren't that good at the process, 827 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,480 you know, comparatively speaking to what Indiana's able to do on 828 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,800 their offensive side. And when you look at some of the 829 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,400 games that Notre Dame's played this year, a lot of their 830 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,720 overall offensive success has been racked up against teams 831 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:45,440 that are really pretty average to poor. 832 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,040 And Indiana's defense is not that. 833 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:52,040 And so I am really curious about the chess match there as I take 834 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,960 the the graphic off the screen in terms of what Indiana's going 835 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,840 to be able to do defensively to disrupt Notre Dame. 836 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,600 I think the idea that Notre Dame's just going to come in and 837 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,280 have their way with Indiana defensively because they had 838 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,960 their way with, you know, Boston College or Virginia, like those 839 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,360 are different types of teams. And Indiana, I think it's proven 840 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,720 even against good teams, even against the Ohio State's, you 841 00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:15,600 know, and certainly against some of the other teams that had good 842 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,440 offenses that they are able to make stops. 843 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,880 And and that's not something Notre Dame's dealt with as much 844 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,440 so far this season. That's why. 845 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:22,960 I think this one will be more low square. 846 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,560 I think the teams will be able to get stops and I I will say 847 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,640 Indiana did a very good job both against Michigan and Ohio State 848 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,280 of punching early. They marched down the field on 849 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,280 their first drive after stopping Ohio State and put up a 850 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,960 touchdown and they were leading and everyone in the in, in in 851 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,640 the shoe was like what in the world is going on right now. 852 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,480 It was silent. The the noise was sucked out of 853 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,360 the building for a short amount of time. 854 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:53,200 But even the last drive that Indiana have they worked. 855 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,760 It was another just kind of long drive. 856 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,520 They kept it on the ground and we're able to put up some more 857 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,640 points on Ohio State. They have some good scripted 858 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:00,920 drive. So I'll be I think they'll be 859 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,920 able to get one or two touchdowns on Notre Dame, but I 860 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,440 also don't I I think Notre Dame will get one or two on Indiana 861 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,720 as well. I think this is going to be low 862 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:09,760 scoring. I think the like it'll be under 863 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,400 40 points total Like oh, I just I don't I. 864 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,400 Will bet you I I don't know what I'm allowed to bet you, Joe. 865 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,440 I'm going to. I'm 21. 866 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,880 So I guess it's like I, I. Will bet you a beverage of your 867 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,040 choice which you do not have to repay me that it will be 868 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,360 significantly above a a total of 40 in this OK. 869 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,120 Significantly above. So what do you say? 870 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,280 Like 60. I'll I, I, I would, I would 871 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,120 place the over under in this game at closer to 60 than I 872 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,680 would. So yeah, you can disagree and 873 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,720 you maybe when you look at. You what you look at teams like 874 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:45,440 this, they're good defenses and that's what it's going to be 875 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,640 highlighted by. I understand the scoring offense 876 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:49,840 is high. It's the highest. 877 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,560 Maybe I use 55? Points in this game? 878 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:53,920 Maybe that's the answer, Who knows. 879 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:59,080 But anyway, we, we wanted to, we wanted to check on the weather. 880 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,320 So here's what we've got. We've got the, the, the Weather 881 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:03,720 Underground 10 day forecast here. 882 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:06,000 I'm going to pop this up. It's, it's a little hard to see, 883 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,320 so let me try to zoom in a little bit. 884 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,880 But if we zoom in on Friday, what we've got for game day, 885 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:18,520 it's it peaks at about 33° with a 24° wind chill. 886 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,160 It could get pretty chilly by the time game time starts like 887 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:27,320 we're talking 21 degrees, 24 percent chance of precipitation, 888 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,880 which could turn to snow. I will note that is a week plus 889 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,560 out still, so I wouldn't bank on that too much. 890 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,920 But I will say if you're going to the game, dress warmly. 891 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,840 I will be I will be bringing I'll be bringing the big coat to 892 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,640 this one. And I was wearing it at the 893 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,720 Purdue game. It was the the fur lined one. 894 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,000 It was not as stylish as what Tricia Whitaker was wearing 895 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,560 where she had the the full ski jumpsuit, which I've heard might 896 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,280 be making an appearance at this game too. 897 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,040 So that you know, I'll just dress warmly. 898 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:00,760 Bring layers. You're gonna need it. 899 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,880 It is northern Indiana after all, the frozen tundra up there. 900 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:09,680 But anyway, let's wrap up talk about the game. 901 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,120 We got a lot more to talk about next week 1. 902 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,920 Interesting thing I will note, Notre Dame's special teams 903 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:21,320 underwhelming to say the least. They are 8 for 18 on field goals 904 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,880 this year. They have not had a great year 905 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:27,120 in terms of of punting the ball. I think they're 100th in S&P 906 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,760 Plus in terms of special teams. And while Indiana did have a bad 907 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,800 game in special teams at Ohio State, that was the exception. 908 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,640 I am going to be curious to see if special teams plays a role in 909 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,080 this game at all. Obviously Indiana's going to 910 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,800 have to be close for that to matter, but it's going to be 911 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,640 pretty fascinating if if Notre Dame doesn't score touchdowns, 912 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,200 can they reliably send their their field goal kicker in to 913 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,520 get the job done well? That that I love that you bring 914 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,480 that up. This is kind of that third level 915 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,280 of the game and what could be the most important part of the 916 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,120 game. I mean, I'd say the reason that 917 00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,400 Ohio State Indiana game got so out of hand was because of the 918 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,680 special teams, the sequence of the dropped snap on the on the 919 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,800 punt and then the Caleb Downs punt return. 920 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,240 There, there it is right there in your face that this game is 921 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:13,720 no longer within reach. There could be a moment like 922 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:14,720 that. I don't know if it'll be a 923 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:16,320 block. I mean, D'Angelo Pons does have 924 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:20,240 a block Pon on the season there. There is the capability of that. 925 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,480 And then, you know, if they're in the, you know, the 40 to 50 926 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,280 yard field goal range, like that's where the misses could 927 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,120 happen. I mean maybe even I if inside of 928 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:31,920 40 yards. I understand college kickers are 929 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:36,520 college kickers in our I mean. Notre Dame has two kickers. 930 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:40,360 One of them is 6 for 12 on the season and he has a long of 45. 931 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,840 The other one who's kicked the other two field goals, his long 932 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:48,160 is 18 yards on the season. I'll also note that Notre Dame's 933 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:53,280 punter James Rendell averaging 41.95 yards per punt, which is 934 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,520 about 2 1/2 yards less than James Evans has averaged over 935 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,120 the course of the season, so maybe not as big of a 936 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:00,560 distinction. Field goals are going to be 937 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:01,800 interesting, so let's keep an eye on that. 938 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:03,280 Field goals will. Be interesting. 939 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,280 The thing with IU too is they haven't. 940 00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,520 Nicholas Radicich had a great year. 941 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:12,360 I think he just one miss was it was Purdue and it was freezing 942 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,360 so the the ball probably felt like a rock to kick. 943 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:19,160 He also hasn't really taken a long field goal this season, 944 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:20,520 right? Yeah, his long. 945 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:26,320 His radish is long on the year. I gotta find it. 946 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,720 I don't actually see where it is here, but it's. 947 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,120 It's gonna be. Yeah, the whole thing's gonna be 948 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,080 fascinating. Yeah, it'll be. 949 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:33,560 Fun. It's it's gonna be a fun game. 950 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,280 I mean, you can look up and down the stats and that's what's so 951 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,800 fun about football is sometimes stats just go out the window and 952 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,800 chaos happens. And I think this could be a game 953 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,440 that a little bit, a little bit of shenanigans take place 954 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,280 because it's cold, because it's, you know, these two. 955 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,600 I understand it's not a rivalry, but I think it could be the 956 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:57,960 making of a rivalry because it's of any of the first round games, 957 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,400 this has the highest tension. It's an in state battle. 958 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:01,400 Yeah, no. I agree. 959 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:05,480 And and and I think it might be the biggest on paper toss up of 960 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,040 all of the options that are out there because. 961 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,640 I I do think that as well because I Clemson's not going 962 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:15,240 into Austin, TX and with a win, well, I disagree. 963 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,920 I think Clemson's going to win. I think Clemson's going to win 964 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:20,480 that game, But I don't think people are looking at that on 965 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,840 paper and saying that that's going to happen, whereas I do 966 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,240 think they're looking at Notre Dame IN and they're saying that 967 00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:29,040 anyway. Well, before we wrap up, we need 968 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,000 to talk about some things that happened on on social media this 969 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000 week. Emily, would you like to call 970 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,080 the Graphic Cup please? There we go. 971 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,920 We got schedule release. A schedule. 972 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:43,640 Release but this is what caught everybody's eye team McCann over 973 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,680 in the the Cuban center in the graphics department for IU 974 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:51,760 knocking it out here as Indiana that Joe, I don't know about 975 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,360 you. You're the expert in media here. 976 00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:56,280 I'm just I'm just the host, but it looks like Indiana may have 977 00:47:56,280 --> 00:48:00,200 soft launched the Bison on the schedule release and Joe's got 978 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:01,760 it. Let's let's get Joe back up on 979 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:02,600 screen. Can we get a? 980 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,720 We get a spot on we. All we all got the we all got 981 00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:07,920 the verse going on right now. This is what I got. 982 00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,120 Freshman year. You gave these out freshman year 983 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:11,440 or two years ago. I did. 984 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:16,800 I did, I, I, my, my whole idea was I was, I was operating as a 985 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,680 servant of, of a, a benefactor who has a very vested interest 986 00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:23,480 in bringing the bison back. We haven't heard anything 987 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,760 official, but you can't ignore the imagery there. 988 00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,160 I had so many people and I was touched by it. 989 00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,160 Honestly it's I think out take some. 990 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,280 Credit with it well. Here's the thing, this year, 991 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:38,120 this year has been so weird for me as a podcast host cause I've 992 00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:42,640 been podcasting about IU football since 2009 and a lot of 993 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:44,560 people didn't listen, understandably because people 994 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,520 weren't that interested. The success of IU, All the 995 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:50,440 credit goes to Kurt Signetti and his staff and the players and 996 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,120 the folks that work in the athletic department, all the 997 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:54,120 people that do the actual work to make it happen. 998 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,520 I have been touched. And you know, kind of I feel 999 00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,800 awkward sometimes because the number of people who reach out 1000 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:04,440 and say, I am so happy for you Galen, that IU football is doing 1001 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,080 well. Like my brand has been tied to 1002 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:11,280 the IU football brand, which would normally be not an ideal 1003 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,200 thing, but man, it's been amazing this year. 1004 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,880 But if my brand has been tied to IU football, my brand has also 1005 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,440 been tied to the Bison since we obviously we're we're on Bison 1006 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,200 chat now. That was an intentional choice 1007 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,800 to name the show that I've I've been a believer in the Bison 1008 00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:29,320 thing for a long time and obviously no official 1009 00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,760 announcement from IU Athletics, but the fact that they put that 1010 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,640 imagery in the schedule release and especially for those Rd. 1011 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:37,760 games, that is really cool to see. 1012 00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:40,800 I was really pleased, not just with the number of people who 1013 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,400 were like, are you going to do an emergency episode? 1014 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,680 I'm not going to do 1 until we get an official announcement 1015 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,680 about what this is going to look like, if indeed it happens. 1016 00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:51,440 But it is really heartening that so many people were excited 1017 00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:55,640 about the Bison potentially being part of the IU branding. 1018 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,880 Joe, I mean, what's, what's your perspective? 1019 00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,080 I mean, obviously you're wearing the shirt. 1020 00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:01,040 I'm assuming you're in favor, but what did you think when you 1021 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:04,120 saw that I? Mean you get a little excited, 1022 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:07,320 you're like, oh, there might be a mascot like that that's just 1023 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:11,080 fun and I think it just buys more into the culture that's 1024 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:14,840 been instilled within athletics. This is a mascot that can run 1025 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,600 around and hang out at Bill Armstrong Stadium for the soccer 1026 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:21,400 games for for a little 500 that can, you know, run around the 1027 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,160 court at Assembly Hall, go crazy. 1028 00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,760 Like, you know, it's a it's a full time gig right there. 1029 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:28,720 That's like, sign me up, I guess. 1030 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:31,480 Put me in a put me in a buys and cuss and let me run around. 1031 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,520 I, I, if that was if there was like an audition, if there's an 1032 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:38,320 audition process, like can I get my name in the hat? 1033 00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:41,440 Is that possible? But no, I, I think it's exciting 1034 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,240 because like, I mean, you see with with the kind of the soft 1035 00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:48,640 launch, the Oregon IU game, the bison that's standing outside of 1036 00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:52,640 Austin Stadium, it's like, can we get a Puddles and bison like 1037 00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:57,480 fight in Eugene OR because because puddles, puddles is my 1038 00:50:57,480 --> 00:50:58,920 favorite mascot. I love puddles. 1039 00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:02,600 Puddles is unassailable. And I think, I think if you 1040 00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:06,160 pulled college football fans about who their favorite mascot 1041 00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:07,680 was, I'm assuming Puddles would win. 1042 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:10,320 Like who would be who would be close to Puddles at this point? 1043 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:16,120 I think that BYU Cougar is nuts. He does like some crazy things 1044 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:21,160 like he got like launched from half court to the dunk had that 1045 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:26,400 dance video and the the BYU Cougar is up there with just 1046 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,440 kind of chaos and having a lot of fun. 1047 00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:33,680 I mean, big fan of of old Bevo that just giant Longhorn. 1048 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,280 Yeah, that that that's that's an underrated. 1049 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:43,800 I'm so upset that the SEC didn't let Texas bring a 2000 LB cow. 1050 00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:48,240 And yet, and yet the ACC allowed SMU to bring their pony with 1051 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:50,160 them, which I you know, well, OK, the. 1052 00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:53,480 Pony's not as. That's that's cow. 1053 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:55,040 I did like Donald Meyer's comment here. 1054 00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:58,360 The Army Rozzy program is called the Bison Battalion and has the 1055 00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,840 Bison on their unit patch. Lot of history with the Bison on 1056 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,920 and off the field, you know, and I do get the occasion question, 1057 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:06,080 like why the bison? And it's like, well, bison, this 1058 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:08,640 used to be bison territory, like actual bison. 1059 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:11,120 They had a territory that stretched almost over the entire 1060 00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,960 United States. They were senselessly and 1061 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,200 thoughtlessly killed in in huge numbers. 1062 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:20,040 It, it permanently altered not just the central United States, 1063 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:21,960 but also the climate of the central United States. 1064 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,120 And in many cases, you know, it's thought that it was led to 1065 00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:26,760 the Dust Bowl. They have reintroduced bison 1066 00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:28,840 into the wild here in Indiana slowly. 1067 00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:33,000 It's cool to it's a cool animal first and foremost. 1068 00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:36,240 And hold on a second. This is fascinating. 1069 00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:38,720 Tan is saying my high school, Benton Central, where the bison 1070 00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:40,280 Tan is. I didn't know you went to Benton 1071 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,200 Central. I grew up 20 minutes down the 1072 00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,560 road. I, you know, I, I went to 1073 00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:48,560 Harrison and I've been to Benton Central many times for 1074 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:50,920 basketball games and whatnot 'cause it was right up the road 1075 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:52,480 to where I live. But yes, the Benton Central 1076 00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:57,960 bison absolutely remember them. It it is it is a neat if you 1077 00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,680 look at the state seal of Indiana, there's a bison on the 1078 00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:04,080 state seal. There's a ton of of good reasons 1079 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:06,720 for this to happen and hopefully we get an official announcement 1080 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:10,480 at some point from IU athletics and from IU in general that this 1081 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:12,760 is happening. The back home network when we 1082 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,440 launched it, we chose a bison as as the logo. 1083 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,480 So we would love to have the entire branding kind of happen 1084 00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:20,880 within the mix. It's just a cool thing. 1085 00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:23,520 Joe and our sponsors Home Field apparel. 1086 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,720 If you'd like some Bison apparel, they've got tons of it, 1087 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:27,360 including what I'm wearing right now. 1088 00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:30,760 So go over to Home Field and check that out. 1089 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,440 I'm sure that they would, you would appreciate being able to 1090 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,720 wear some of that 'cause there are not a lot of other shirts 1091 00:53:35,720 --> 00:53:38,000 like what Joe has there. Those are kind of a limited run. 1092 00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:40,200 I like the. Sunglasses, that's that's cool. 1093 00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:44,000 I think if this mascot should have some some drip, have some 1094 00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:45,400 aura. I agree. 1095 00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,440 I think some drip is important in any walk of life. 1096 00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:52,960 Unquestionably. So anyway, Joe, we'll go ahead 1097 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,520 and wrap things up here on Bison Chat today. 1098 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,320 Any final thoughts from you before we do so not? 1099 00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:01,160 Really, I mean, it's, you know, it's dead week, off week, 1100 00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,240 whatever you want to call it, care week here at IU. 1101 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:05,800 And I guess the madness really starts next week. 1102 00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:09,280 There are eight players talking on Tuesday because that is, I 1103 00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,480 think, a requirement by the College Football Playoff to have 1104 00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,360 at least eight players be available to the media. 1105 00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:18,680 So that'll be a lot of fun to hear a bunch of verbatim answers 1106 00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:20,320 for an hour. But you know. 1107 00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:22,480 These are, yeah, it's. Always, it's always good to talk 1108 00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,520 to the players. They're fun and and kind of pick 1109 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,520 their brains. But you know, that's, that's 1110 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,520 when it starts though, You know, that's, it's the countdown. 1111 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:33,000 The countdown I guess starts now, but the countdown? 1112 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,240 Begins and tomorrow is. Officially a week away. 1113 00:54:36,240 --> 00:54:38,400 Which wild? I know it's wild to think about. 1114 00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,920 We will be participating as much as we can here on Crimson Cast 1115 00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,400 to bring you content throughout the course of that count. 1116 00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,720 That will of course, have Taylor Layman back on to provide his 1117 00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:53,440 always insightful breakdown and preview of the match up. 1118 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,440 We'll go really in depth with Taylor on that. 1119 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,640 We're gonna have some special guests coming back throughout 1120 00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,560 the course of the week. We'll be at those live shows. 1121 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,240 That's gonna be a lot of fun. So hopefully you all can stop by 1122 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:08,720 Upstairs Pub Tuesday and we've got obviously the events up in 1123 00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:11,080 the South Bend area on Thursday and Friday. 1124 00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:15,640 So keep your eye on the Crimson Cast Twitter feed and we will be 1125 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:19,120 back later on in the week with more content as we continue to 1126 00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:22,960 cover Indiana in the College Football Playoff for Joe Cronin 1127 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,600 and for our producer Emily Fox. Thank you, Emily, a delightful 1128 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,760 job as always. And thanks to all you folks who 1129 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:29,760 watch live. Thanks to the many more of you 1130 00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,440 who are going to be watching or listening after the fact. 1131 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,000 I'm Galen Clavio saying thanks for joining us here on Crimson 1132 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,280 cast. We will catch you folks on the 1133 00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:40,400 flip flip side, until they make it official, I'm going to keep 1134 00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,680 saying bring back the Bison stay never daunted. 1135 00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:45,040 So everybody.